A Special Recognition Pride of Britain Award was presented by Prince William on 30 October to NHS workers from across Greater Manchester – including representatives from Salford Royal - for their response to the Manchester Arena attack (Staff are the Pride of Britain, November 2017)

Salford Royal's Director of Digital Rachel Dunscombe was announces as leader of a new, virtual academy, established to develop the talents of hundreds of the NHS's digital leaders (Rachel Dunscombe to lead NHS Digital Academy, August 2017)

Congratulations to our Learning and Development colleagues who have been recognised for their corporate social responsibility work promoting NHS careers to local schools, and working with the Prince's Trust employability programme (Salford Royal's corporate social responsibility rewarded, June 2017)

Nine students recently celebrated completing Salford Royal's Sector Skills Based Work Academy Programme, and have all received conditional offers of employment at the Trust (Students celebrate academy success, May 2017)

Salford Royal has been added to the national Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers and will be able to increase the amount of apprenticeship training it offers (Salford Royal apprenticeships approved, March 2017)

A single Manchester bid – from a partnership including Salford Royal - has been awarded £28.5m from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), bringing lifesaving tests and treatments a step nearer for millions of people (NIHR Biomedical Research Centre to bring hope to millions, September 2016)

Salford Royal’s anaesthetics department was officially recognised for its excellent service when it received Anaesthesia Clinical Services Accreditation, a peer-review scheme developed by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (Prestigious accolade for anaesthetic department, July 2016).

Nurse Fiona Murphy, who has led innovative bereavement and donor work in Greater Manchester and shared it across the country, was awarded the MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours (Pioneering nurse Fiona is awarded MBE, June 2016).

Two of Salford Royal’s kidney specialists, Prof Donal O’Donoghue and Prof Phil Kalra, have been appointed to two of the highest positions in the UK’s Renal Association (Key new roles for kidney specialists, May 2016).

Angela McDonald, bereavement trainer for children and families at Salford Royal, won the Supporting Carers category at the 2016 RCNi Nurse Awards, the profession’s top accolade for nursing excellence (Bereavement nurse wins top award, May 2016).

2015

Dedicated Nurse Consultant Julie Flaherty was awarded an MBE for services to paediatric nursing in the New Year’s Honours List. She also volunteers for humanitarian efforts around the world and recently helped during the ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone (Children’s nurse consultant awarded MBE honour, December 2015).

Professor Christopher Griffiths, Consultant Dermatologist at Salford Royal and Professor of Dermatology at The University of Manchester, was presented with the Sir Archibald Gray Medal in recognition for his outstanding services to dermatology (Skin expert given prestigious medal, August 2015).

Salford Royal’s Cardiovascular Rehabilitation team was presented with the British Heart Foundation Team of the Year Award by the British Cardiovascular Society, in recognition of their commitment to improving patient care (Patient Care Award for Cardiac Rehab Team, July 2015).

Salford Royal is an outstanding Trust, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has announced. It is only the second Trust in the country to earn the top rating and the first in the North of England (Salford Royal is an outstanding trust, March 2015).

Janice McGrory, Lead Nurse for Dementia and Delirium, has been crowned the Best Dementia Nurse Specialist/Dementia Lead at the 5th National Dementia Care Awards (National accolade for Lead Dementia Nurse, November 2014)

Salford Royal's Debra Dooley, who is the Lead Nurse in Adult Community Services, has been given the prestigious title of Queens Nurse (QN) (Lead Nurse Debra becomes Queens Nurse, December 2014).

Executive Director of Nursing and Deputy Chief Executive, Elaine Inglesby-Burke has been named on the inaugural Nursing Times Leaders List, which celebrates the contribution of nurse leaders to the nursing profession (Salford Royal’s Elaine named Nursing Times Leader, June 2014)

Staff members Stacey Barnes and Phylis Ziswa have been presented with awards in recognition of their dedication to learning and development in a ceremony held by Health Education North West (Salford Royal’s award winners, June 2014)

Salford Royal’s Director of Innovation and Improvement Science Maxine Power has been appointed Honorary Professor in the College of Health and Social Care at the University of Salford (Maxine celebrates Honorary Professor appointment, May 2014)

Chief Executive Sir David Dalton was awarded a Knighthood in the New Year’s Honours List in recognition of his services to the NHS. Salford Royal’s Consultant Surgeon Mr Iain Anderson was honoured with an MBE for his contribution to clinical surgery and medical education (Salford Royal Chief Executive receives a Knighthood, December 2013)

Salford Royal emerged as the best acute Trust nationally in the NHS Staff Survey 2012 (Staff engagement is top, March 2013)

Salford Royal achievesd a top ten ranking in the first ever overall assessment of NHS hospital quality in England, based on what matters most to people, published by MHP Health Mandate ( Top for quality, March 2013)

A pioneering home-based therapy to help patients with a rare neurological condition earned Salford Royal nurse Amanda Woodall the Nursing Standard’s Innovations in Neurology Award (Industry award for pioneering Amanda, March 2013)